Sentences with phrase «selective school places»

In a school system in which more than a million pupils are not being given the education that they need and deserve, it can not be right to prevent the creation of more good and outstanding selective school places.

It was revealed on Wednesday that ministers had invited grammar school leaders to apply for # 150m over three years for new selective school places.

It then raises doubts whether plans for more selective school places would pass through the House of Lords.

«This is particularly important at a time when there are increasing numbers of pupils reaching secondary age and such a high demand for selective school places.»

Not exact matches

It will dramatically improve the culture of the school and make Stanford — already the most selective B - school in the U.S. — an even more desirable place to earn an MBA.

«Faith groups associated with religiously selective schools may give themselves a boost and feel that they succeed in engaging with families interested in gaining a school place, but it is entirely bogus.

BraveBuddies ℠ is an intensive group behavioral treatment program designed to help children ages three to eight with selective mutism (SM) speak in school and other public places.

Brave Buddies ℠ is an intensive group behavioral treatment program designed to help children ages three to eight with selective mutism (SM) speak in school and other public places.

Selective mutism is not something that gets better on its own, and despite children working in an outpatient therapy setting, there will need to be direct intervention and supports put into place in the school environment in order for progress to be made there.

Selective mutism (SM), formerly called elective mutism, is best understood as a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by a child or adolescent's inability to speak in one or more social settings (e.g., at school, in public places, with adults) despite being able to speak comfortably in other settings (e.g., at home with family).

Selective mutism (SM), formerly called elective mutism, is defined as a disorder of childhood characterized by an inability to speak in certain settings (e.g. at school, in public places) despite speaking in other settings (e.g. at home with family).

Only one such ballot has taken place and parents in Ripton, North Yorkshire eventually voted to keep the local selective grammar school.

Under present arrangements parental choice can be curtailed — there might be no places at the local school because it is a selective faith school or they have no choice to send their child to the local faith school because there are no accessible community schools.

As a result, securing a place at a selective school has become increasingly difficult.

Paul Weitz's movie «Admission,» one distributed by Focus Features which itself is highly selective of movies it buys, takes place in an around Princeton, New Jersey and could serve as a product placement for the school, as if Princeton really needs the advertising!

«This consultation asks how we can create more great school places in more parts of the country — including selective places for local areas that want them — and asks our independent schools, universities and faith schools to play their part in improving the quality of our state - funded schools.»

The document will outline «social mobility conditions» that selective schools must meet which includes more flexible entry tests and setting aside places for children from poorer families.

A white paper confirming the government's plans will be followed by legislation in the next parliamentary session to remove the ban on new selective schools which was put in place by Tony Blair in 1998.

But there's always been a distinctive strand of public opinion and political support — nearly all of the latter being Tory — for bringing back selective public schooling, at least in places that want it.

Housed at the University of Buffalo, the program identifies disadvantaged but talented minority children, places them in academic - enrichment classes, and then finds them spots at private schools and a more selective public high school in the area to complete their precollegiate careers.

(Dozens of selective high schools in New York City — not including the eight that rely entirely on test scores — follow a complex citywide dual - track choice - and - selection process akin to the «match» system by which medical residents get placed.)

Research from The Sutton Trust charity has found that 100 of the most socially selective schools used up to 18 categories to decide on oversubscribed places.

The Department for Education said thousands were missing out on a place at a grammar because of the current ban on new selective schools.

Middle class families — place - bound; not highly mobile — wall themselves off within the educational equivalent of gated communities through attendance zones, selective schools, and district lines.

Grammar schools in England are being given the chance to create thousands of new places in a trimmed - down selective school expansion programme.

It is designed to enhance the learning of gifted and talented children in Year 5 with the aim of preparing them to apply for places at selective senior schools in Year 6.

At 10 we escaped to Europe and were absent for the Selective Schools test, so the committee was forced to consider their IQ results, and both boys gained places.

To gain a place at these academically selective schools, pupils have to pass a test, which varies from one area to another.

If a selective high school finds a student not eligible, they will not be placed on a waitlist regardless of how the student ranked the school.

Researchers in Schools is the second programme from The Brilliant Club, aimed at widen access to highly selective universities for under - represented groups by placing PhD holders as trainee teachers in schools, promoting subject expertise and research in the classroom, and championing higher eduSchools is the second programme from The Brilliant Club, aimed at widen access to highly selective universities for under - represented groups by placing PhD holders as trainee teachers in schools, promoting subject expertise and research in the classroom, and championing higher eduschools, promoting subject expertise and research in the classroom, and championing higher education.

«In the face of such overwhelming evidence, it therefore beggars belief that the Government has announced it will plough # 50 million to expand the number of places at existing selective grammar schools.

The BHA published a report last year that claimed thousands of pupils may have been unlawfully denied a place after «widespread violations» of the admissions code were found in nearly 50 religiously selective schools.

Schools Week recently revealed that grammar reinvigoration is already happening in some parts of the country, with Kent expanding its selective schools by 1,300 places over the past fiveSchools Week recently revealed that grammar reinvigoration is already happening in some parts of the country, with Kent expanding its selective schools by 1,300 places over the past fiveschools by 1,300 places over the past five years.

It is trying to entice more able students to a school most would probably avoid by offering 30 selective places and if you're not successful you may be forced to attend the school as you need to name the school as one of your choices in order to sit the exam.

Through rigor, structure, and joy, Stellar Collegiate Charter School places every child on the path to college and equips all K to 5 students to succeed in middle school, gain access to selective high schools, and create futures bright with opportSchool places every child on the path to college and equips all K to 5 students to succeed in middle school, gain access to selective high schools, and create futures bright with opportschool, gain access to selective high schools, and create futures bright with opportunity.

Northern Ireland's consistently higher performance - it has improved again - has been put down to its system of selective schools, where pupils are tested at the age of 11 and the brighter ones get places at grammar schools.

Selective schools can expand on the explicit condition they provide support to ensure «good quality non-selective places locally».

The boarding schools on this list are highly selective schools with many more applicants than places for students.

Under Renaissance 2010, the system hopes to place different kinds of high schools — from selective enrollment to vocational education to, perhaps, single - sex education — across the city, he said.

It is believed the new schools will be required to set aside a defined proportion of places to children from low - income families to tackle evidence showing that poorer pupils fare worse in areas with selective schools.

However, for the most selective admissions methods may include auditions, on - site exams, standardized test scores, interviews, essays, or place of residence (zoning) and, in some cases, a combination of these methods (New York City High School Directory, 5).

And for schools with 851 - 900 A-level points per student, 50 % of independent school pupils got places at the selective universities, while only 32 % of comprehensive pupils did.

He added that there was a risk that pupils in areas with large numbers of selective places, more grammar schools would «reduce the results achieved by poorer children» on average.

It proposes to require «all selective schools to have in place strategies to ensure fair access», and says that legislation would require selective schools to «prioritise the admission of, or set aside a number of specific places for, pupils of lower household income in their over-subscription criteria».

The new figures indicate that the admission rate nearly doubled, from 7.7 percent last year to 14.4 percent this year, which still places Cooper Union among the most selective schools in the country.

I work with young children to adults with anxiety, ADHD, neuro - developmental disorders, depression, behavioral disorders, selective mutism, family difficulties, psychological evaluations, and consultation to schools, doctors, and places of work.